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Caleb Frank Gates
Gates horseback riding
Gates in his office at the University of Denver
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Collection
Overview
Creator: Gates, Caleb Frank, 1903-1955
Title: Caleb Frank Gates papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1950
Size: 1 linear ft.
Processed By: Finding aid
and Web version prepared by Ellen L. Zazzarino, July 2000; revised
May 2003
Caleb Frank Gates (1903-1955) received his Ph.D. from Princeton
University. He taught in the History Department at Princeton prior to
serving at the University of Denver as Chancellor. Gates was named Chancellor
at the University in 1941. At the age of 37, he was the youngest chancellor
in the University's history. In 1943, Gates received a leave of absence
from the University to join the army during WWII with the rank of major.
He was stationed first in England with the American Military Government
and then as an attaché to the American Ambassador in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
His duties included handling prisoners of war and displaced persons.
Gates returned to his post of Chancellor in 1946. Enrollments rose by
57 percent compared to the pre-war enrollments of 1939. The percent of
veterans on campus rose to 60 percent. Under Gates' leadership, the University
organized the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the School of
Architecture and Planning and the School of Aeronautics. Gates resigned
as chancellor in 1947, but remained for two years as Professor of History.
In 1955, Gates relocated to Santa Rosa, California, to operate the Cedar
Shake Guest Lodge. There, on the eve of his 52nd birthday, Dec. 21, 1955
Gates died of a heart attack.
Scope and Content
The Caleb Frank Gates Collection spans 1941 to 1947. The collection contains
correspondence, reports, publications, transcripts of his speeches, and
newspaper clippings.
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